Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [NET] phy/fixed.c: rework to not duplicate PHY layer functionality

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:59:52 -0500

Vitaly Bordug wrote:
> With that patch fixed.c now fully emulates MDIO bus, thus no need
> to duplicate PHY layer functionality. That, in turn, drastically
> simplifies the code, and drops down line count.
> 
> As an additional bonus, now there is no need to register MDIO bus
> for each PHY, all emulated PHYs placed on the platform fixed MDIO bus.
> There is also no more need to pre-allocate PHYs via .config option,
> this is all now handled dynamically.
> 
> p.s. Don't even try to understand patch content! Better: apply patch
> and look into resulting drivers/net/phy/fixed.c.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug <[email-masked]>

what's the context of this patchset?  2.6.25?

it's late for 2.6.24-rc, IMO.

Do I have the latest version (sent Nov 26 @ 9:29am)?

	Jeff